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speaker john boehner and nancy pelo threatened over th president had to go over the president had her go. we have two guests. welcome to you both. last night, we covered the details of the president's opening gambit in the fiscal cliff talk. he wantsa $1.6 trillion tax inease, 50 billion and stimulus spending. and the white house has the ability to raise the debt ceiling without congressional approval. a very big deal for folks there. today, the president is out there, trying to drum up support among the public. not in washington or with congress or the senate. here is what he had to say. >> it is not acceptable to me, and i do not think it is acceptable to you for a handful of republicans in congress will middle-class tax cuts hostage simply because they don't want tax rates on upper income folks go up. gerri: it sounds like the same old, same old. the president has been making the same comments again. is this any way to sell a plan? >> there really is not. the president is not being serious about this. the fact that the president is out there campaigning on this rather than negotiat
speaker john boehner and nancy pelo threatened over th president had to go over the president had her go. we have two guests. welcome to you both. last night, we covered the details of the president's opening gambit in the fiscal cliff talk. he wantsa $1.6 trillion tax inease, 50 billion and stimulus spending. and the white house has the ability to raise the debt ceiling without congressional approval. a very big deal for folks there. today, the president is out there, trying to drum up support...
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the big question is will john boehner keep his job? the house will be considered with the speaker should be. you think he will make a change? >> someone who thinks john boehner is big mistake was planned the -- it was actually stripping the conservatives down from their assignment. that was the signal that he was signaling with the establishment crowd in washington. a lot of people can forgiveohn boehner for playing the cards on the fiscal cliff. he really doesn't have a winning strategy. because one doesn't exist. but i think the conservatives trying to buy a little upset. right now, there is no big name out there wilng to challenge it. gerri: it is an interesting question. it seems like anyone who has that job is really hurting because everyone is all over the place. it is so hard to get them together. thank you both for coming on tonight, we really appreciate it. happy holidays and merry christmas, thank you so much reed thank you, gerri. gerri: next, many homeowners rushing to rush and to dump their property ahead of the fiscal cli
the big question is will john boehner keep his job? the house will be considered with the speaker should be. you think he will make a change? >> someone who thinks john boehner is big mistake was planned the -- it was actually stripping the conservatives down from their assignment. that was the signal that he was signaling with the establishment crowd in washington. a lot of people can forgiveohn boehner for playing the cards on the fiscal cliff. he really doesn't have a winning strategy....
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i think john boehner has been very bold, put something on the table that includes tax cuts on the vast majority of people in exchange for real spending cuts. i thing the president has come to the table with a central if we're going to get social security in a situation where it can last for 75 years. $200,000 is two college professors. we had to get away from that from being middle class. gerri: i think somebody is listening to in the the new york delegation. that is difficult to raise a family of four. let me get to you some of the issues bubbling up today. senate republicans baby feeling like they are a little left out of the conversation. you have been really outspoken. you will be leaving, do you feel like you have got to get this done at this point? >> i do think we have to come to some accommodation. i think it has to be balanced, it has to have spending cuts, we have to see a way forward to get the debt down. we are on a fiscal cliff. yes, we have to do something. we need some losses, that is the way negotiations go and we don't have a great hand to play. the president doesn't h
i think john boehner has been very bold, put something on the table that includes tax cuts on the vast majority of people in exchange for real spending cuts. i thing the president has come to the table with a central if we're going to get social security in a situation where it can last for 75 years. $200,000 is two college professors. we had to get away from that from being middle class. gerri: i think somebody is listening to in the the new york delegation. that is difficult to raise a family...
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boehner meeting, house speaker john boehner actually sounded very optimistic that a deal could be reached. dave: green mountain we saw signs when they came out with earnings yesterday. is roaring ahead up 20% at one point, twenty-seven%. nicole: what an exciting day for green mountain coffee roasters. a lot of people are short this stock and beat the street and gave an outlook that was better and a winner all the way around. dave: you don't want to get caught in your shorts whatever you do. nicole: right. right. liz: we are waiting on aerospatiale, that retail expected to post earnings minutes from now. that stock with other retailers got a decent pot of 7% today but this is the american eagle outfitters. what are we expecting? nicole: the retailers are and exciting bunch. here that american eagle up 7%. we have been watching these
boehner meeting, house speaker john boehner actually sounded very optimistic that a deal could be reached. dave: green mountain we saw signs when they came out with earnings yesterday. is roaring ahead up 20% at one point, twenty-seven%. nicole: what an exciting day for green mountain coffee roasters. a lot of people are short this stock and beat the street and gave an outlook that was better and a winner all the way around. dave: you don't want to get caught in your shorts whatever you do....
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vetoing john boehner's plan b. if current negotiations fall through. >> it actually means a tax increase for millions of working families across the country at the same time as folks like me would be getting a tax break. that violates the core principals that were debated during the course of this election. i'm going to continue to talk to the speaker and the other leaders in congress, but ultimately they have to make sure the middle class taxes do not go up and that we have a balanced responsible package of deficit reduck. it's hard for them to say yes to me. but at some point they have got to take me out of it. think about their voters. >> let me bring in the senior editor mark murray. the headline on our first read this morning was the question, what is boehner doing? he is expected to speak in about 15 minutes to i guess counter what we heard from the president. what is this plan b and why is he attempting to push a vote as we understand it, he may not have all the votes needed in the senate as the white house
vetoing john boehner's plan b. if current negotiations fall through. >> it actually means a tax increase for millions of working families across the country at the same time as folks like me would be getting a tax break. that violates the core principals that were debated during the course of this election. i'm going to continue to talk to the speaker and the other leaders in congress, but ultimately they have to make sure the middle class taxes do not go up and that we have a balanced...
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>> they don't like obama's obama's, like harry reid are john boehner. these are the people that brought us to this point* but now they will get into roomto fix the problem they brought to was? i don't think so. the only good news december is seasol strength also 2013 we get more bearish into the year. gerri: is here any place to run and hide? >> housing stocks. gerri: they are already up. >> listen. something is going on. the nasdaq was down 80% through 2003 because interest rates stay low. short-term bonds but my big worry hitting the of financial stocks they broke down a few names as be real worried. gerri: as a result over regulation for financial's? >> of course. elizabeth warren has the senate seat wants to put the stranglehold on financial companies. we are dealing with what should be the opposite. too much government to much government spending, it has never worked in the history of time but that is the recipe and the market voted today. >> people are out there who say that is what we need. the market is not doing well, and neither is the economy
>> they don't like obama's obama's, like harry reid are john boehner. these are the people that brought us to this point* but now they will get into roomto fix the problem they brought to was? i don't think so. the only good news december is seasol strength also 2013 we get more bearish into the year. gerri: is here any place to run and hide? >> housing stocks. gerri: they are already up. >> listen. something is going on. the nasdaq was down 80% through 2003 because interest...
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john boehner, the speaker of the house, sent a message that a deal was in the works. he threw several house members off of key committees when they criticized him openly for looking like he was ready to make some deal on taxes with president obama. that's a sign to me that he's going to clear the decks to try to push through a deal. it's a sign that we're going get some kind of tax increases for the top 2%. i don't know where those numbers are going to be. pretty clear to me that a deal is in the works and we're heading in that direction. what i'm not sure of is whether the market will go up on this, necessarily. >> in terms of that january effect, bob, does that even matter this year? >> yes, look, it's not long from anybody, january and february are the best months of the year. that's a factor. >> let me ask you about putting money to work, keith springer. you say we're going to get a deal regardless. we may get a deal regardless, but that deal means probably higher taxes and lower spending. what are the areas in the economy in your view that get impacted most by a
john boehner, the speaker of the house, sent a message that a deal was in the works. he threw several house members off of key committees when they criticized him openly for looking like he was ready to make some deal on taxes with president obama. that's a sign to me that he's going to clear the decks to try to push through a deal. it's a sign that we're going get some kind of tax increases for the top 2%. i don't know where those numbers are going to be. pretty clear to me that a deal is in...
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tracy: have you seen latest proposal that john boehner gave to the white house yesterday? >> i have not, but i know general outlines, and i do not see movement on real spending cut. certainly not the entitlement reforms we're all hoping for. tracy: what happens then, we go over the cliff. everyone goes in a panic mode. in 't a lot of -- understand that a lot of things will be retro active to january 1st but particular reek havoc on the economy. >> the economy is flying low and slow, turbulence from the congress and the president does not make sense, seems we should come together now, well before the holidays, reself the issue, and i think that a clean credible bridge into next year, that extends tax rates, and sets a firm deadline for fundamental reform, and entitlement reform and addresses some automatic spending cuts, seems that is a reasonable solution. tracy: again, every saying we're miles apartment what do you think it will take to get us there, are the republicans going to have to concede a little? >> i think we have in the issue of tax revenue. which we think econo
tracy: have you seen latest proposal that john boehner gave to the white house yesterday? >> i have not, but i know general outlines, and i do not see movement on real spending cut. certainly not the entitlement reforms we're all hoping for. tracy: what happens then, we go over the cliff. everyone goes in a panic mode. in 't a lot of -- understand that a lot of things will be retro active to january 1st but particular reek havoc on the economy. >> the economy is flying low and slow,...
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i think that's what john boehner's constituents are telling him. that's what all the other congressional leaders are hearing from their people. now, as a practical matter, that's very difficult because it's a very diverse country. you've got incredibly diverse and strongly held views on both sides. i do think the fact that voters have just spoken in an election and have sent a message that they want things to get done, that's a powerful propellant in washington to get things done, which is why we've seen behind me at the white house a parade of people going in to meet with secretary geithner, with the white house chief of staff, with the president. we have more coming tomorrow. lloyd blankfein of goldman sachs. this is an effort by everybody to try to marshall whatever influence these people have with lawmakers to try to get something done. >> okay, john. thank you. john harwood live from the white house. >> we look forward to seeing your home movies of ohio later, i guess. >>> lottery players everywhere, reason up. did you know the dreaded fiscal
i think that's what john boehner's constituents are telling him. that's what all the other congressional leaders are hearing from their people. now, as a practical matter, that's very difficult because it's a very diverse country. you've got incredibly diverse and strongly held views on both sides. i do think the fact that voters have just spoken in an election and have sent a message that they want things to get done, that's a powerful propellant in washington to get things done, which is why...
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this is part of why the deal from john boehner was a non starter. he said how about deduction caps so you have lots of taxes. is he in trouble with his right wing? >> yes, he is. they have purged the scam. you said it. spending cuts. they are talking about $350 billion. what matters here is the numbers. we can't afford this. we have $16 trillion in debt. we have $87 trillion in unfunded highbilities those are promises that are made that we have to keep. >> guys, this is part of what is interesting about this conversation. when you hear the speaker talking about the loop holes that is the same rhetoric that we heard from mit romney. >> they are using the stuff that is done in the budget control last year. >> those are terrible talking points. >> let me say this point. >> hang on a second. i want to go to guy benson on another point. there is a lot of talk that the republicans might have a doom's day scenario. if there is a budget stalemate, then the republicans will allow a vote on the house floor which is the democrats from the sen e senate. they wi
this is part of why the deal from john boehner was a non starter. he said how about deduction caps so you have lots of taxes. is he in trouble with his right wing? >> yes, he is. they have purged the scam. you said it. spending cuts. they are talking about $350 billion. what matters here is the numbers. we can't afford this. we have $16 trillion in debt. we have $87 trillion in unfunded highbilities those are promises that are made that we have to keep. >> guys, this is part of what...
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simpson-bowles report was a basis for where the president was in the discussion with john boehner. contrast that with paul ryan who voted against it and plan does not balance the budget. >> we got to remember here. we have to remember. ryan's cost savingings. no one was cutting anything. you are talking about slowing the growth of the government 5.6 trillion in ryan's and 4. on this side. >> that is not correct. you are talking about 20 billion in spending cuts. >> no, no, no. we are talking. you are wrong here. i want to make this clear. we are talking over 10 years. we'll have more spending than we do now. i want to make that clear. >> what percentage of gdp. >> but you look at. that's how you look at these things as a percentage of gdp and that's how you figure out if you are increasing or decreasing the debt. taxes would go up and pending would go down. that's how you get deficit savingings. >> you don't believe that the president let the debt commission @ altar and stranded bowls and simpson . >> no, i don't feel that. >> they feel that. >> i don't think simpson or bowles woul
simpson-bowles report was a basis for where the president was in the discussion with john boehner. contrast that with paul ryan who voted against it and plan does not balance the budget. >> we got to remember here. we have to remember. ryan's cost savingings. no one was cutting anything. you are talking about slowing the growth of the government 5.6 trillion in ryan's and 4. on this side. >> that is not correct. you are talking about 20 billion in spending cuts. >> no, no, no....
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probably the best john boehner can do. difficult for the republicans. 80-plus just ran four years ago with a promise they wouldn't raise taxes. i can understand why he's having trouble getting those votes, but i think he has no choice but to the try to pass snag soomething pushes the ball back into the president's court. the passage of the spending decreases was important. that's really where the emphasis should be. in tan ideal world, shouldn't raise taxes, shouldn't give the government more money because they're wasting money. we're not an an ideal world. i think john boehner, plan b is probably the best he can get. >> ask i ask, the other side of heather's point, republicans are losing the messaging battle. >> no question about it. >> a threat they're losing the messaging battle? >> the point made about tax increases not about the rich, poor, or anybody else. not giving a government wasting way too much money more money to waste. as you were, i was part of the reagan administration. the idea, don't feet the beast. star
probably the best john boehner can do. difficult for the republicans. 80-plus just ran four years ago with a promise they wouldn't raise taxes. i can understand why he's having trouble getting those votes, but i think he has no choice but to the try to pass snag soomething pushes the ball back into the president's court. the passage of the spending decreases was important. that's really where the emphasis should be. in tan ideal world, shouldn't raise taxes, shouldn't give the government more...
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so john boehner has wiggle room. he can look like he's the tough guy to the tea party folks who have to vote him back in as speaker. tom cole is really laying out the policy. if they wanted to shut him up, he would have been shut up. and so, where does this leave them? they're not going to play the card on the debt ceiling because that was a disaster for them. they're going to say, you know what, we tried to say the democrats were not serious about spending cuts, but they have no option. they lost the election. you know, republican voters were lied to about the state of the polls. they were lied to about the state of america. and if they want to believe that this is the only path that only spending cuts will get them to deficit reduction, they can carry on believing that or get to a place where they're going to get re-elected. >> richard, i think the president is offering a great deal to the republicans. here's why. these guys can go home 98% and say, you know what, 98% of you, i got the tax cuts. i didn't raise your
so john boehner has wiggle room. he can look like he's the tough guy to the tea party folks who have to vote him back in as speaker. tom cole is really laying out the policy. if they wanted to shut him up, he would have been shut up. and so, where does this leave them? they're not going to play the card on the debt ceiling because that was a disaster for them. they're going to say, you know what, we tried to say the democrats were not serious about spending cuts, but they have no option. they...
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speaker of the house john boehner called it dead on arrival yesterday. the question is whether democrats in the senate hold the line here or whether they say, we need to do something about a carl levin seems to think you can't push this through with the nuclear option. you need to get two-thirds on board. >> this is what happened when they last considered this in 2010 where you had the gray beards of the institution say no, this is supposed to be the [ inaudible ] for the house and chris dodds go to the floor and say this cannot happened. what happens with gray beards is they usually leave. >> or get grayer. >> we have a new class of senate democrats coming in and saying there is a legal and constitutional basis for doing this. the thing that i think gets confused here, is that they're not doing away with the filibuster. what reid is trying to do -- >> i think they should do. >> well, you can make -- you can have the argument because a lot of reproductive rights groups would be more cauckau -- cautio about them. have them show up and get 40 votes. >> if
speaker of the house john boehner called it dead on arrival yesterday. the question is whether democrats in the senate hold the line here or whether they say, we need to do something about a carl levin seems to think you can't push this through with the nuclear option. you need to get two-thirds on board. >> this is what happened when they last considered this in 2010 where you had the gray beards of the institution say no, this is supposed to be the [ inaudible ] for the house and chris...
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that's what john boehner and president obama are currently arguing about. par are it's interesting, mark. you and the team noted the confusion, if you want. maybe because of the leadership. the headlines and the ap has the headline fiscal cliffs appear to be stalled and the hill's headline edge towards the deal and deficit reduction negotiations. are both true? >> both are true and you have to look at the totality of the story. today is wednesday and you and i have been having this conversation for a while. you have some type of deal as we are headed to this weekend. this is about the give-and-take. we saw the white house who reported they went from at one point $6 trillion in revenue that they wanted. down to 1.4. i wouldn't be surprise fed that continues to go down. the most important thing as we pointed out, both sides continue to talk. even if the phone calls right now are not all that pleasant, even if they are tense, the fact that they are still talking is a pretty good sign that a deal can get done. >> realistically would we get to the point where th
that's what john boehner and president obama are currently arguing about. par are it's interesting, mark. you and the team noted the confusion, if you want. maybe because of the leadership. the headlines and the ap has the headline fiscal cliffs appear to be stalled and the hill's headline edge towards the deal and deficit reduction negotiations. are both true? >> both are true and you have to look at the totality of the story. today is wednesday and you and i have been having this...
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does speaker john boehner have a bigger play in mind? something for the longer game? >> think that may have something to do with it, but the speaker does have a longer game in mind and revenue has to start in the house and this is a starting point as far as the speaker is concerned and he can say it after this bill passes and he can go to the president and say we've passed something and it's in the senate and see what's next. >> this is d.o.a. and the starring point, why? i will have the it if it ever got out of the senate according to harry road. we know where the problems are, look, with the democrats they don't want to increase spending anymore. >> they're increasing taxes. they're increasing taxes. >> they have to start somewhere and the boehner play here is in the house we've acted, we've done something and now it's the senate's move. >> here's what congressman chris van holland said earlier on "jansing & co" about the democrats in the white house. >> the democrats in the house have heartburn and many are willing to take what is a compromise, recognizing that you
does speaker john boehner have a bigger play in mind? something for the longer game? >> think that may have something to do with it, but the speaker does have a longer game in mind and revenue has to start in the house and this is a starting point as far as the speaker is concerned and he can say it after this bill passes and he can go to the president and say we've passed something and it's in the senate and see what's next. >> this is d.o.a. and the starring point, why? i will...
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speaker john boehner calls the house back into session for sunday night. that stokes investor hopes for a fiscal cliff deal and this coming just a few hours after harry reid's comments sent the dow into a tailspin. we have complete coverage in this developing story which is happening tonight as we speak. also, as supplies from the obama team, ep achieve lisa jackson stepping down. can the coal companies finally breathe a sigh of relief? guess what happened in britain when the uk banned handguns. the surprising result that could change the gun control debate. "the kudlow report" start ises right now. >>> the big news tonight, still the developments in washington on the fiscal cliff, eamon javers joins us with the details. >> good evening, meshel. capitol hill sources tell cnbc that congressional leaders are planning to go to the white house tomorrow to meet with president barack obama and it is not entirely clear at this point when that meeting will take place and details are still being hammered out and we saw today a blistering series of rhetorical jabs f
speaker john boehner calls the house back into session for sunday night. that stokes investor hopes for a fiscal cliff deal and this coming just a few hours after harry reid's comments sent the dow into a tailspin. we have complete coverage in this developing story which is happening tonight as we speak. also, as supplies from the obama team, ep achieve lisa jackson stepping down. can the coal companies finally breathe a sigh of relief? guess what happened in britain when the uk banned...
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are you taking comfort from what john boehner had to say? >> you know, hopefully you can take comfort in what they're saying. hopefully they can come to an agreement. this is a big issue right now. this is a bigger issue than the actual election. last year we had the selloff of 5%. that was due to because we didn't know where we were going. now we know who won. now we can take definite terms in where we're going forward. we may not know the exact numbers, but we know where he's headed. >> selloff overdone today? are you guys looking to buy, pick up? >> i'm not nervous about the selloff. numbers aren't a big thing anymore. we slip below 13,000 on the dow, these aren't big numbers. i'm looking for more about what we see as we get toward the fiscal cliff, as we get toward the end of the year. today doesn't matter. if you're a buyer, good time to buy. if you're a seller, you can sell now too. these are good times to be in the market. >> well put.
are you taking comfort from what john boehner had to say? >> you know, hopefully you can take comfort in what they're saying. hopefully they can come to an agreement. this is a big issue right now. this is a bigger issue than the actual election. last year we had the selloff of 5%. that was due to because we didn't know where we were going. now we know who won. now we can take definite terms in where we're going forward. we may not know the exact numbers, but we know where he's headed....
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not exactly a meeting of the minds this week between president obama and house speaker john boehner on just where talks to end the fiscal showdown stand. the president, for his part, took his case to the public and repeated his call for a tax hike on upper income americans but made little mention of cuts to entitlement spending. something the speaker said must be part of any final deal. joining the panel this week, wall street journal columnist and deputy editor dan, and ms. o'grady and washington columnist kim stossel. you are stuck in washington having to talk to all the sources. and you have been working them this week, i know. is the mood as sour as it sounds? >> it is by the end of this week and here's why. republicans came out right after the election and said to the president, you want revenue, here. you want revenue on the wealthy? we will give it to you. let's do this via limbing tax deductions for the wealthy. the president instead of taking that, running it, ceiling a deal, has been out campaigning for tax hikes. and to cap it off, sent treasury secretary tim geithner down t
not exactly a meeting of the minds this week between president obama and house speaker john boehner on just where talks to end the fiscal showdown stand. the president, for his part, took his case to the public and repeated his call for a tax hike on upper income americans but made little mention of cuts to entitlement spending. something the speaker said must be part of any final deal. joining the panel this week, wall street journal columnist and deputy editor dan, and ms. o'grady and...
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right now john boehner is trying to sell it to his party. across the country, record gun sales over the weekend. "varney & company" about to begin. i always wait until the last minute. can i still ship a gift in time r christmas? yeah, sure you can. great. where's your gift? uh... whew. [ male announcer ] break from the holiday stress. ship fedex express by december 22nd for christmas delivery. >> we have breaking news right now on the debate within the republican party about the fiscal cliff deal. rich edson has what, what is being discussed here, what is the latest, rich? >> a plan b on the fiscal cliff on taxes, stuart. this is coming from house speaker john boehner who is addressing republicans right now. we have a source in the room telling us that republicans will vote on a plan b in the house. likely this week. it will allow americans to avoid higher tax rates starting on january 1st. this deals with just the tax portion here on different rates. so, the threshold that republicans want is a million dollars. you wouldn't get a tax hike
right now john boehner is trying to sell it to his party. across the country, record gun sales over the weekend. "varney & company" about to begin. i always wait until the last minute. can i still ship a gift in time r christmas? yeah, sure you can. great. where's your gift? uh... whew. [ male announcer ] break from the holiday stress. ship fedex express by december 22nd for christmas delivery. >> we have breaking news right now on the debate within the republican party...
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>> no, i think a lot of john boehner, ad goo man, a good leader, but he does have a lot of people to answer to, a lotf pressure on him, recriminations, and autopsy's being done on why we lost the white house. i think he's a little bit flexing to that, but at the end of the day, bere he makes statements, i think most members would appreciate he consult with us first. neil: you're angry that he didn't? >> well, i don't want to characterize it as anger, but i just simply feel like we would have been better served and the american people would be better served to consult with other republicans before going out on a limb on some of the statements that arguably vague. neil: okay. congressman. we'll watch closely, bears watching here, a possible revet without signing on to revenue of any sort. this is a mute point in california right now. they had two different proposositions, two, to raise taxes, not just on the upper income, but everybody. californians agreed to it, both measures, overwhelmingly. that state's former governor davis on the meaning of that for the nation after this. 4g lte i
>> no, i think a lot of john boehner, ad goo man, a good leader, but he does have a lot of people to answer to, a lotf pressure on him, recriminations, and autopsy's being done on why we lost the white house. i think he's a little bit flexing to that, but at the end of the day, bere he makes statements, i think most members would appreciate he consult with us first. neil: you're angry that he didn't? >> well, i don't want to characterize it as anger, but i just simply feel like we...
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what did you hear from john boehner? he said he's willing to budge on revenue, not hike taxes, but is that enough. what are republicans willing to give here. >> the jury is still out. speaker boehner should put his r revenue plan on the table. i mean based on this republican theory that's been proven wrong by history that somehow by giving folks at the top of the income ladder a tax break, you'll create all this economic activity and it will pay for itself and not increase the deficit. we know that failed because what happened after we tried that last time was jobs went down and the deficit went up. so i think the speaker shoumd do what he says that he wants to do. put this out in public. the president has put his plan in public. it was a central part of the debate. saying that folks at the higher end should pay more to reduce our deficit because if we don't ask them to chip in more, it means everybody else gets hit harder. >> you heard what he said. we're not going to raise taxes on small business. and for republicans,
what did you hear from john boehner? he said he's willing to budge on revenue, not hike taxes, but is that enough. what are republicans willing to give here. >> the jury is still out. speaker boehner should put his r revenue plan on the table. i mean based on this republican theory that's been proven wrong by history that somehow by giving folks at the top of the income ladder a tax break, you'll create all this economic activity and it will pay for itself and not increase the deficit. we...
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but jim, the basic deal was, okay, john boehner acknowledging what this was. putting this on the table and he said this a million times in return for some. modest reform. while the biggest stuff waits for next year. if the democrats say it is off the table and if harry reid is trading bars with mitch mcconnel, what is up here. senator durban said, it shouldn't be ps deal. i don't think there is a bar gain to be had. it is a win win for alabama. he is going to get the tax hikes or the rb ares will say no deal and he gets the tax hikes which is what he will prefer anyway. that is a big pot of money he can use for whatever he wants. they are still not going to be a deal. baker, democrats saying there is no problem with social security, even though the piece in the "wall street journal" today said they are $20 trillion in the hole. they said they are $40 trillion in the hole. how can democrats argue that with a straight face. i know that stuff inside and out. most of those shortfalls are in the 22nd century. we don't have a big problem with those programs. in fact
but jim, the basic deal was, okay, john boehner acknowledging what this was. putting this on the table and he said this a million times in return for some. modest reform. while the biggest stuff waits for next year. if the democrats say it is off the table and if harry reid is trading bars with mitch mcconnel, what is up here. senator durban said, it shouldn't be ps deal. i don't think there is a bar gain to be had. it is a win win for alabama. he is going to get the tax hikes or the rb ares...
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and john boehner says we're at a stalemate. and president obama himself is kind of getting ugly about this enemy's list. we've seen this before from him. my proposal is, republicans have to come with a counter offer. right now. there's no point in blasting obama. just a counter offer. i want to read from today's newspaper. this is what mitch mcconnell said. "higher medicare premiums for the wealthy, an increase in the medicare eligibility age, and a slowing of costs of living increases for programs like social security. and then republicans would agree to include more tax revenue in the deal but not from higher tax rates." now, let's just look at this for a second. we'll go to you first, nan. he wants medicare eligibility, he wants medicaid reforms, he wants spending cuts. then he'll talk revenues. that seems reasonable to me. is he going to do it? will the republicans come back with their own counter offer? >> well, certainly larry those are elements of a long-term approach to our enormous debt. it's a crushing debt. it hams o
and john boehner says we're at a stalemate. and president obama himself is kind of getting ugly about this enemy's list. we've seen this before from him. my proposal is, republicans have to come with a counter offer. right now. there's no point in blasting obama. just a counter offer. i want to read from today's newspaper. this is what mitch mcconnell said. "higher medicare premiums for the wealthy, an increase in the medicare eligibility age, and a slowing of costs of living increases for...
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i think john boehner can do it. if he comes to grips with the fact that he's going to have to take less than 218 in his party. in other words less than majority of majority. work with the president, work with democrats in the house of representatives, and in the united states, and get this done. we've had election. majority still is in the senate. newt gingrich said some years ago in 1998, perfectionist caucus, meaning his republican hard liners, and the american people elected democratic president, in that case bill clinton, democrats and republicans in the senate who don't agree and the american people expect us to make this government work. they still expect that and i think john boehner has now demonstrated in his own party that the only way he can do it, the only way we can do it is in a bipartisan basis. >> what do you think he's going to say at 10:00? any idea? >> i have no idea. i have last night he said, well, now the responsibility son somebody else. that's not true. he's still the speaker of the house, an
i think john boehner can do it. if he comes to grips with the fact that he's going to have to take less than 218 in his party. in other words less than majority of majority. work with the president, work with democrats in the house of representatives, and in the united states, and get this done. we've had election. majority still is in the senate. newt gingrich said some years ago in 1998, perfectionist caucus, meaning his republican hard liners, and the american people elected democratic...
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i heard john boehner talk about that earlier today. certainly the president has consistently stressed that point. look, i feel like there is a pinprick of light here, and i know we can argue about how get there, whether it's broader base, higher rates, and clearly the president is on a different side than you guys. but that ought to be something we can sit down at the table and hammer out. >> steve moore, let me go to you on this. first of all, get your take on what president obama said. very interesting he said that. second of all you've got speaker john boehner being very conciliatory. but third of all, steve, i still don't hear anybody talking about cutting spending. i never hear about spending cuts. what's your take? >> i like the idea of the fiscal cliff. i think we should do the sequester. but i think the failure of barack obama's first term was that he tried to do everything with only democratic votes. you know, he tried to pass the -- he passed the stimulus with only democratic votes, the big health care bill with democratic vo
i heard john boehner talk about that earlier today. certainly the president has consistently stressed that point. look, i feel like there is a pinprick of light here, and i know we can argue about how get there, whether it's broader base, higher rates, and clearly the president is on a different side than you guys. but that ought to be something we can sit down at the table and hammer out. >> steve moore, let me go to you on this. first of all, get your take on what president obama said....
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i say to my friend john boehner you control matters on the floor, no one else does. you have the ability and you're the only one that has the ability to put this on the floor for a vote. he should do that. that would be the american way. >> house speaker john boehner and senate majority leader harry reid on the fiscal cliff standoff. "the new york times" reporting gop leaders are considering extending tax cuts for the fiscal class to avert the fiscal cliff but if that is the case republicans are staying very tight lipped about it. joining me is senator ben carden from maryland a member of the budget committee and the committee on finance. good to have you here and you have said one thing you want from these talks is to show the markets and to show leaders, that leaders have the situation under control there, in your estimation, how would you say that's going so far? >> well predictability is very important. i think the first step is exactly what leader reid said. if we can get predictability on the taxable income below $250,000, everyone knows that's under current ra
i say to my friend john boehner you control matters on the floor, no one else does. you have the ability and you're the only one that has the ability to put this on the floor for a vote. he should do that. that would be the american way. >> house speaker john boehner and senate majority leader harry reid on the fiscal cliff standoff. "the new york times" reporting gop leaders are considering extending tax cuts for the fiscal class to avert the fiscal cliff but if that is the...
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on capitol hill, pressure from the right on john boehner and mitch connell. if you thought the tension had eased, think again. good morning from washington. it's monday, may 14th, 2012. let's get right to the first read of the morning. a lot of folks wanted to get it back to the economy. they are borrowing a page and newt gingrich's from january of this year to make mitt romney's strength a weakness. they are out with a two-minute attack ad that tells the story on a company whose kansas city plan was shuttered after bane purchased it in 1993. >> mitt romney was involved in the influence that he exercised over the companies. >> they made as much money as they could and they filed for bankruptcy without concern for the families. >> something i thought that was -- >> it's like watching an old friend bleed to death. >> the one on point they're making is that happened after he left bane capital. it was just four months ago when the pro gingrich super pac got romney's record at bane. those ads worked. romney found himself on the defensive and ended up losing the pr
on capitol hill, pressure from the right on john boehner and mitch connell. if you thought the tension had eased, think again. good morning from washington. it's monday, may 14th, 2012. let's get right to the first read of the morning. a lot of folks wanted to get it back to the economy. they are borrowing a page and newt gingrich's from january of this year to make mitt romney's strength a weakness. they are out with a two-minute attack ad that tells the story on a company whose kansas city...
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we spoke with speaker john boehner earlier today. nice to see you, sir. >> greta, good to be with you. >> greta: senate voted yesterday. what is your plan in the house? >> the house next week will vote to stop the looming tax hike scheduled to take effect on january 1. the president's plan would cost about 700,000 jobs that wouldn't be created or could be lost by taxing small businesses. the house will not do that. the house will extend all of the existing tax rates. we have 8% unemployment and 41 months of it. this is not the time -- the time to be raising taxes on american small businesses. >> greta: will there be any deals down the road, people who make more than $5 million or something? the bigger numbers than a million in order to get a deal? >> who knows -- >> greta: or is this absolutely no tax hike to anybody? >> this is not the time to be raising taxes on small business owners. we are not going to did it? >> greta: that means nobody, no way, never, ever --
we spoke with speaker john boehner earlier today. nice to see you, sir. >> greta, good to be with you. >> greta: senate voted yesterday. what is your plan in the house? >> the house next week will vote to stop the looming tax hike scheduled to take effect on january 1. the president's plan would cost about 700,000 jobs that wouldn't be created or could be lost by taxing small businesses. the house will not do that. the house will extend all of the existing tax rates. we have...
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john boehner met at the white house with the president today. great news, righ not necessarily. we have the former secretary to george w. bush. >> good evening. i think in poltics, as well as business, leaders have to address both the urgent and important. the urgent is to avoid going over the fiscal cliff. but that really is just a down payment on the important issue. that is the former fiscal foundation and then building on top of that policy at produces growth and opportunity and jobs. if we simply see a deal on taxes alone, i don't think addresses this as well as entitlement cuts and taxes. neil: i don't know about that, sir, in this environment where there is finger-pointing or blaming, it is greeted poorly. rightly so among americans. they are afraid that they will look even worse. i thik that -- and you are the expert -- i think that they are just afraid of looking like -- you and i know that you could have a problem. it's not the republicans who risk buffalo wing it. >> i certainly hope that's not the case. in regards to tax rates for people who earn more than a million
john boehner met at the white house with the president today. great news, righ not necessarily. we have the former secretary to george w. bush. >> good evening. i think in poltics, as well as business, leaders have to address both the urgent and important. the urgent is to avoid going over the fiscal cliff. but that really is just a down payment on the important issue. that is the former fiscal foundation and then building on top of that policy at produces growth and opportunity and jobs....
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remember this $600 billion is less than john boehner's last revenue offer. they are going for more at la later point. >> how is that going to play on the hill. >> it'll play well with democrats and not so well with republicans. the president said these tax increases will be permanent. the president is signalling there that whatever is in this agreement cooked up behind closed doors does include a permanent extension of tax decreases for the middle class. that's an important part of the news as well. >> it was
remember this $600 billion is less than john boehner's last revenue offer. they are going for more at la later point. >> how is that going to play on the hill. >> it'll play well with democrats and not so well with republicans. the president said these tax increases will be permanent. the president is signalling there that whatever is in this agreement cooked up behind closed doors does include a permanent extension of tax decreases for the middle class. that's an important part of...
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>> i think if they made progress at the meeting today and if mitch mcconnell and john boehner decide to take the risk of t advancing this with their members they could vote sunday or monday and it is possible to get done before january first. nobody is betting on this at this point and everybody's omt michel has been sorely tested by the lack of movement over the last week or so but just in the last few hours there is some movement toward the possibility of the deal. >> thanks so much for the very latest there john down in d.c. for us watching the action there. stocks moved off their lows on news of the new offer for the president. we're still setting up for the biggest weekly loss for the stock market in some six weeks. we're trading today with the najarian brothers, mike murphy, and steven wieis. we are moving closer to a deal according to john harwood's reporting. what do you do with the market today? >> i don't think you do anything based on those headlines. where you want to continue to be is high quality names and ride it out. if you see prices come your way in specific stocks
>> i think if they made progress at the meeting today and if mitch mcconnell and john boehner decide to take the risk of t advancing this with their members they could vote sunday or monday and it is possible to get done before january first. nobody is betting on this at this point and everybody's omt michel has been sorely tested by the lack of movement over the last week or so but just in the last few hours there is some movement toward the possibility of the deal. >> thanks so...
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i do want to hear what john boehner from the speaker of the house had to say today. he was asked if he was competent but a budget deal could be done to avoid the fiscal court. >> listen, the house has done its job. on both sides. on both the sequester and on the looming tax hikes that cost economies of some 700,000 jobs. gerri: what is the economic impact to another downgrade? >> i don't think the economic impact of a downgrade in and of itself is a big deal. i think everyone has more or less factored in the there is this downgrade in the background. everybody knows that the debt situation is completely unsustainable. the problem is that country after country after country has been in a situation like this and things may be going along okay. but they do fall, they happen without much warning. we have seen that in europe in many occasions. we are going to keep pretending that this is all going to work out. gerri: i'm sure that you will be around to talk to us when it does happen. jeffrey, thanks for coming on the show tonight. always a pleasure to see you. >> my pleas
i do want to hear what john boehner from the speaker of the house had to say today. he was asked if he was competent but a budget deal could be done to avoid the fiscal court. >> listen, the house has done its job. on both sides. on both the sequester and on the looming tax hikes that cost economies of some 700,000 jobs. gerri: what is the economic impact to another downgrade? >> i don't think the economic impact of a downgrade in and of itself is a big deal. i think everyone has...
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does he hear what john boehner has to say? does he internalize it? do we hear something acknowledging republican resistance to what he laid out today in pennsylvania or not? >> reporter: well, i think he certainly is hearing and listening to john boehner, but he also believes that he has the upper hand having just won re-election and this trip to pennsylvania today is sort of a larger pr campaign that the president and the white house have been embarking on to get voters, to pressure congressional republicans to get onboard with the president's plan of increasing taxes on wealthier americans. he's traveling to pennsylvania today. he has had had business leaders here at the white house, also leaders of the progressive movement to sort of build support for his plan and today specifically he'll be visiting a toy manufacturer in pennsylvania to sort of make the case that businesses like the toy manufacturer benefit and will continue to benefit if lawmakers get a deal on this payroll tax cut and if they -- on the fiscal cliff, rather, and if they don't, i
does he hear what john boehner has to say? does he internalize it? do we hear something acknowledging republican resistance to what he laid out today in pennsylvania or not? >> reporter: well, i think he certainly is hearing and listening to john boehner, but he also believes that he has the upper hand having just won re-election and this trip to pennsylvania today is sort of a larger pr campaign that the president and the white house have been embarking on to get voters, to pressure...
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in order for that to happen john boehner basically has to agree that he's going to get a deal out of house with majority democrat votes, and i don't see why he does that before january 3rd. >> you're assuming the president has all the leverage, and i think the president would have a horrible legacy starting out with such turmoil, so i disagree. i think there's movement on the white house side on entitlements. >> rick, you do have to accept the fact that john boehner -- goes for the deal with democratic votes. >> he's about as acrimonious and able to get a deal done as sir harry reid. >> jared -- >> bottom lines, look at the vix, at 20, barely into anything. the market is clearly saying it doesn't care. hey, listen. i run my clients' money looking at the vix with my left eye, but 20, give me a break. you've got to thrill me above 30, above 35 before any of this has anything other than very interesting. >> if we get a deal, say sunday night we get a deal, right, do the markets rally, or does it depend on what the deal consists of? >> secretly, they are going to sell off on the news. do
in order for that to happen john boehner basically has to agree that he's going to get a deal out of house with majority democrat votes, and i don't see why he does that before january 3rd. >> you're assuming the president has all the leverage, and i think the president would have a horrible legacy starting out with such turmoil, so i disagree. i think there's movement on the white house side on entitlements. >> rick, you do have to accept the fact that john boehner -- goes for the...
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speaker john boehner may have the conservative critics, but the "new york times" supports they have more support than the rank and file before, in fact, giving him flexibility to cut a fiscal cliff deal. the first read team is asking the question how big of a deal will we see? governor christie meets with president obama this time at the white house, and it is just one of the things we thought you should know. be sure to check out our "news nation" tumblr page. you find behind the scenes pictures, and thank you for checking it out and liking our pictures. ♪ ♪ [ male announcer ] campbell's green bean casserole. it's amazing what soup can do we believe the more you know, the better you trade. so we have ongoing webinars and interactive learning, plus, in-branch seminars at over 500 locations, where our dedicated support teams help you know more so your money can do more. [ rodger ] at scottrade, seven dollar trades are just the start. our teams have the information you want when you need it. it's another reason more investors are saying... [ all ] i'm with scottrade. [ man thinking ] o
speaker john boehner may have the conservative critics, but the "new york times" supports they have more support than the rank and file before, in fact, giving him flexibility to cut a fiscal cliff deal. the first read team is asking the question how big of a deal will we see? governor christie meets with president obama this time at the white house, and it is just one of the things we thought you should know. be sure to check out our "news nation" tumblr page. you find...
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biden later pointed out that vice presidential hopeful paul ryan and house speaker john boehner have used the work "unshackle" in talking about the economy. unshackled the economy .. they put the middle class in shackles. mitt romney's campaign hit back at the obama camp for biden's remarks .. calling it a new low in the race. romney himself took it a step further. he said obama's campaign has made wild and reckless accusations that disgrace the office of the presidency. at a campaign stop in ohio ... romney said ... quote .. "mr. president, take your campaign of division and anger and hate back to chicago." an obama spokesman called it "faux outrage" ... pointing out that romney has often accused obama of being "unamerican." former wisconsin governor tommy thompson takes another step towards representing his state once again. he won the republican primary in the race for the u.s. senate yesterday. he defeated three other candidates with 35 percent of the vote. he'll take on democrat tammy baldwin in the general election in november. the 70-year old thompson was also the secretary of
biden later pointed out that vice presidential hopeful paul ryan and house speaker john boehner have used the work "unshackle" in talking about the economy. unshackled the economy .. they put the middle class in shackles. mitt romney's campaign hit back at the obama camp for biden's remarks .. calling it a new low in the race. romney himself took it a step further. he said obama's campaign has made wild and reckless accusations that disgrace the office of the presidency. at a campaign...
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here who is not laughing this is john boehner speaker of the house. >> this is a stalemate. let's not kid ourselves. i'm not trying to make this more difficult. you've watched me over the last three weeks, i've been very guarded in what i have had to say. but when i come out the day after the election and make it clear that republicans will put revenue on the table i took a great risk. >> cenk: kind of makes you yearn for the pen jokes. >> yes. >> cenk: look, he didn't take a great risk. that's what the whole election was about raising revenue. raising revenue is code word for not raising the income tax rates. we don't want to raise rates we'll get rid of loopholes that we'll put back in next year. i love the point that dorothy made. i never thought about it that way. everybody knows they have a household budget. we know we should spend less, but if you don't make any money you're out of luck. the revenue side of this is tremendously important. and we have congress saying no revenue, we're not going to bring it in. >> during the bush years they used to spend money that they
here who is not laughing this is john boehner speaker of the house. >> this is a stalemate. let's not kid ourselves. i'm not trying to make this more difficult. you've watched me over the last three weeks, i've been very guarded in what i have had to say. but when i come out the day after the election and make it clear that republicans will put revenue on the table i took a great risk. >> cenk: kind of makes you yearn for the pen jokes. >> yes. >> cenk: look, he didn't...